First off, this is immediately and by far my favourite instance. Thank you so much for creating it!
I’m still new to the “fediverse” in general, but with the current flood of newbies stumbling into every corner of it, I’m wondering if, for Mander, it might be a good idea to restrict creation of new communities to just the admin/s.
Mander’s theme and tone are so unique, and I’d hate to see that diluted and buried. I’m just starting to see new local communities pop up that have nothing to do with nature or any type of science.
Just a thought of course. What you have here is fully worth protecting :)
Really there is no need to feel gross at all! As corny as this sounds, we are literally building the fediverse together. On the one hand, having a lot of inexperienced-hobby admins running instances is probably a recipe for chaos… But on the other hand we kind of have the freedom to play with these spaces and see what works and what doesn’t, what people like and don’t like, and so writing about how you experience things is valuable. Many choices I make are not because I thing something is “better” or “worse”. I have no idea. And the way to learn is to try things out and listen to the community. What’s even better is that others can also learn from these kind of discussions and eventually create even better instances!!